According to statistics over 1,800 children under the age of 10 have been admitted to hospital for self-harming in the past decade.   Figures show that the age at which individuals are beginning to self-harm is becoming younger and younger. In 2010, 150 girls and boys below the age of ten – 80 below preschool read more »

According to a recent long term Australian study of almost 2,000 adolescents, an estimated one in twelve people in their teenage years self-harm. The study, which has been published in medical journal the Lancet involved repeatedly surveying 2,000 Australian adolescents over a 15 year period. The researchers found that depression, anxiety, heavy drinking and cannabis read more »

Figures from a recent study have revealed that the number of young people self-harming in Wales has risen significantly in the past few years. The Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Monitor for Wales has found that though smoking and drinking among teenagers is steadily declining, figures show an increase in the number of teenagers self read more »

According to recent figures the number of admissions to hospital for people who self harm has seen an 11 per cent increase over a three year period. Since 2006/07 the number of admissions has increased by almost 10,000, making the figure 104,340 in 2009/10. In addition to this a pattern of admissions was also revealed, read more »